麻豆社

A review of the business headlines of 2006. The past year saw one extraordinary business deal. A company with just 70 workers was sold for US$1.65bn. The outfit snapped up was a video-sharing website, called YouTube, which hosts files ranging from pirated copies of TV shows to home movie clips. China's rapid growth in manufacturing underlined how the country has experienced the fastest industrialisation in history. Governments are struggling to reconcile continued growth in air travel with commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

(Picture: Lital 'Tasha' Mizel and Adi 'Dishka' Frimmerman, whose three-minute homemade dance video has been seen by over 10 million viewers on YouTube. Credit: Getty Images)